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Ironweed Trail is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Lamb Corners, OH. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi912 – 1,004 ft9.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.12717, -83.16006
Nearest town Lamb Corners, OH

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

8.3 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Elevation 912–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: 40.12717, -83.16006

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 8:45 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  4. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  7. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading SW.
  9. 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Challenge Course, heading W.
  14. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  16. 50 ftBear left onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading S.
  17. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading SE.
  20. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  22. 0.8 miSharp right, heading S.
  23. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  24. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  25. 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

58% paved42% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 8:00 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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